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Java

Posted by Steve DeYoung
Steve DeYoung
1,313 Points

Can't get either Hangman or Forum to work in BlueJ or compiling with javac(cmd)

They work fine within this site's compiler but I can't get any of the examples to compile within windows or blueJ. Am I missing something?

2 Answers

lambda
lambda
12,556 Points
lambda
lambda
12,556 Points

The site's workspaces do something special with Console. I am not sure exactly what .

Console console = System.console();
// won't work on an IDE.

If you are using BlueJ or another IDE then you will need to use BufferedReader and InputStreamReader:

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

class Example {
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        BufferedReader myReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        String myInput = "";

        System.out.printf("Enter some input: %n");
        myInput = myReader.readLine();
        System.out.printf("The input was: %s %n", myInput);

    }
}
Steve DeYoung
Steve DeYoung
1,313 Points
Steve DeYoung
Steve DeYoung
1,313 Points

Oh.. Maybe I need to import Console? Never thought of that..